Muffler.



PATBNTED SEPT. 24, 1907. J. H. WAY.

MUFFLER. APPLIUATION FILED JUNI'. 26, 1907.

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PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

J. H. WAY.

MUFFLER.

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JOHN HOWARD WAY, OF ST. DAVIDS, PENNSYLVANIA.

MUFFLER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 24, 1907.

Application filed J une 26, 1907. Serial No. 380,849.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known lthat l. JOHN HOWARD WAY, of St. Davids, in the county of Delaware and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvernents in Mulers, whereof the following is a specilication, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to knit mufiiers in which the entire garment may be produced from a single piece of kit fabric.

f It is an object of my invention to thus produce from a single piece a muier which will protect both the chest and backA of the wearer as is accomplished by the scarf mufliers and yet avoid the disagreeable wrinkling and accumulation of the material over the shoulders which is characteristic of the scarf muffler. This is accomplished by providing cuts or recesses for receiving the y shoulders of the wearer, and otherwise shaping the garrounding the corners.

ment as I will describe.

It is a feature of my invention that the mufflers may be produced from a knit tube, the various parts of each style of muflier being so shaped as to it about or match with the respective parts of the adjoining mufiler in such a manner as to allow them to be cut out without any loss of material except such as may be removed in ln the accompanying drawings, Figure I, represents thev completed garment lying flat. Fig. Il, is a front view of the garment as in place upon the wearer. Fig. III, is a rear view of the garment. Fig. IV, is a diagrammatic view of a knit tube showing how the material is utilied to produce single thickness mulers. Fig. V, is a similar view showing how the material is utilized for double thickness muiliers.

The garment is formed of a single integral web of ribbed knit fabric, and comprises a body portion `o r liap I, for the back and a pair of laterally extending iiaps 2, 3, for the chest. At each side oi the back flap l, at the region Of its union with the chest flaps 2, and 3, are the cuts 5, 5, which are intended to receive the shoulders of the wearer and allow the chest iaps tO be folded without causing wrinkles across the shoulders and around the neck. These cuts are at an angle to each other and form a continuation of the sides of the flap l. The outer ends of the flaps 2, 3, are tapered along the line 4, 4, and the lower corners 6, 6, and 7, 7, are rounded, as clearly shown in Fig. I. By thus rounding the corners of the chest flaps they may be readily tuckedunder an outer garment, and the tapered Vends give the muffler a neat appearance when the aps are crossed in position upon the wearer.

The flap l, is usually made flaring toward its lower edge and the corners 8, 8, are rounded as shown in the drawing. By thus increasing thewidth of the body tire back of the wearer, yet is narrow enough at the relgion of shoulders to prevent wrinkling. The upper edge l0, of the muHer is formed straight and in the in- But the hem may be greatly deepened to produce a doublethickness collar or the mufiler may be made of double thickness throughout.

In the production of single thickness muHers, a tube oi knit fabric is formed (as shown 'in Fig. IV), having its circumference equal to the distance from the lower edge of the flap l, to the upper edge 10, plus the width of the hem l1. To cut out the mufllers this tube is split along an element and flattened out. The mufller pattern is laid upon'it, and the fabric is cut accord-` ingly. To cut the next muffler the pattern is reversed with the flap 1, extending in the opposite direction 'from that in the previous case.

It will be noted that the bevel on the ends O the/ flaps 2, and 3, corresponds to the Obliquity oi the sides of the flaps l, thus allowing the mufilers to be cut without the loss of any material except such as is removed to round the various corners.

In producing the double thickness muffler, a tube (as shown in Fig. V), is formed having a circumference equal to twice the width of the'mufiier from the bottom of the ap 1, to the upper edge 10. This tube is then flattened to form a double thickness of material and the mufllers are cut out in the same manner as described.

hemrned edge which comes in contact with the neck of the wearer), is overstitched as indicated by the double line l2, 12, extending from one upper corner to the other upper corner. Upon the flaps 2, and 3, are placed the fasteners of the garment, as for instance, Ordinary ball and socket fasteners I4, l5.

The garment is shown with a convenient shape of chest pads, but the size and shape of these pads may be Y varied to afford greater or less protection for the chest. The cuts for the shoulders allow the mufiier to lie snugly against the side of the neck and under the ears without the production of disagreeable wrinkles, irrespective Of the size of the chest flaps.

Having thus described my invention, I claim: 1. A knit muI'Her Including a back portion and laterally from the back portion by cuts which extend from the lower edge of the flaps and at substantially a right angle portion toward the bottom, it effectually covers the enstance shown, is turnedover to iorm a narrow hem Il.

The entire edge of the garment (except the upper extending chest faps, said flaps being partially separated 10 to aline passing lengthwise through said flaps, said cuts being located to receive the shoulders of the wearer,

lwhereby said vmuifler will t snugly the wearer Without wrinkllng said flaps. y

2. A knit mnler having a back portion and laterally extending chest aps, the upper edge of said muier being formed on substantially a straight line and the flaps being partially separated from said back portion by cuts extending at an. angle to said upper Straight edge for the recep- 

